Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

17

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

Metal (including iron frame castings, steel gears and brass gears (selected), bushings, oil cups, etc.); rubber rollers; fibre belts; wood tray.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

4,6 m

Largeur

3,0 m

Hauteur

2,1 m

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Imprimerie

Catégorie

Transfert de l'image

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

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DUPLEX

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Michigan

Ville

Battle Creek

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

This press used c. 1930- 1978,

Canada

This style of press was once common in Canada, being well suited to the smaller circulation requirements of Canadian urban dailies & weeklies. It has since become rare in Canada. This press was used to print a hand-set Chinese language daily newspaper in Toronto, the Shing Wah Daily News. This newspaper was established in 1922 and is the house organ of a charitable organization, the Shing Wah Association. A Chinese-Canadian cultural society, the Shing Wah Ass'n was subscribed by the community and said to be the oldest and largest such group in eastern Canada. According to Dr. Ban Hoe (CCFCS), the original printing office was destroyed by fire c. 1930. Sydney Stone of R. Sydney Stone Ltd., Toronto installed the Duplex at the Shing Wah c. 1930-33. He terms the machine a "QQ Model" (as marked on many of the roller stocks). The press was supplied by Manton Bros., a now defunct Toronto supplier-manufacturer of printing eq., which bought out Westman & Baker. The Inland Printer (1907, Vol. 39) lists other Canadian operations using Duplex presses, ie. The Chronicle (Halifax, NS); The Bulletin (Edmonton, AB); The Telegrom (St. John's, NL); The Laurier (Brantford, ON). Similar machines were used in Smith's Falls, ON at The Record News (Goss "Cox- O-Type" and The Western Producer in Saskatoon (Goss "Comet"). [Ref. 1]

Fonction

General: To transfer images from prepared type onto paper. Specific: This press used to print and fold newspapers.

Technique

The Duplex was a very important development in the field of newspaper letterpress. Invented by Joseph L. Cox in 1889 and introduced in 1890 it was considered the first web-fed flat bed press developed specifically for newspapers to increase production without having to incur the extra space and expense requirements inherent in rotary press stereotyping operations. By using such equipment as the Duplex (also the Campbell "Multipress", and Goss "Cox- O- Type" or "Comet") many printing operations retained their more traditional letterpress operations (ie. older typesetting methods) until offset became more economical or practical. This example was operable when removed from the Shing Wah Daily News and replaced by a Goss "Community" offset press. It can produce a 4, 6 or 8 page newspaper at a rate of 3500 to 4500 per hour. [Ref. 1]

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

" DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS CO./ BATTLE CREEK, MICH. U.S.A." cast in raised print on frame; letters highlighted with gold colour paint. "FROM/ MANTON BROTHERS/ MANUFACTURERS OF PRINTING MACHINERY & SUPPLIES/ TORONTO CANADA'" cast in raised print on plate fixed to frame; letters highlighted with gold colour paint. On counter: 'ALTER SCOTT & CO./ PLAINFIELD, N.J.'/ Patent date list cast in raised print on plate fixed to frame, below metal triangle; text highlighted in gold colour paint; reads 'PATENTED/ OCT.14 1890/ NOV.4 1890/ DEC.2 1890/ MAY 5 1891/ AUG.4 1891/ SEP.22 1891/ DEC. 15 1891/ JUL.5 1892/ MAR.21 1893/ JUL.11 1893/ AUG.1 1893/ NOV.14 1893/ NOV.20 1894/ DEC.18 1894/ MAY 14 1895/ OCT.6 1896/ OCT.26 1897/ MAY 17 1898/ OCT.25 1898/ JUL. 20 1899/ JUL.4 1899/ AUG.28 1900/ APR.30 1901/ AUG.6 1901/ NOV.12 1901/ APR.22 1902'.

Manque

NONE From CA of 08/19/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - Complete

Fini

Cast metal frame painted black; black, silvertone & brass colour components. [Finish is not original- original catalogue card reports that little original finish remained when press was collected. Painted by NMST.] Buff-colour fibre ( canvas ?) belts and strapping. Wooden tray..Rubber [?] rollers.

Décoration

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